FORM DANCE
CHAMPIONING LOCAL VOICES IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
FORM Dance is the leading producer and presenter of Australian independent contemporary dance in Western Sydney.
We are an artist-lead organisation, operating with highly experienced leadership team of Paul Selwyn Norton as Creative Director, Lewis Major as Executive Director and Naomi Hibberd as Creative Producer.
As festival directors, producers and pedagogues we bring our entrepreneurial expertise and global connectivity to the local NSW dance sector.
MANIFESTO
We are people, people who make dance.
We dance to transform space into a creative forum of ideas, storytelling, provocations and dreams.
We dance where reciprocity, co-creativity and collaboration between artists is paramount, playful and purposeful.
We dance at the creative intersection where the urgency and audacity of the contemporary collides with the reflection and respect of heritage.
We dance in order to set the stage for new conversations in commerce, culture and creative agency.
We dance to champion ethical leadership, moral obligation and care for our people, supporters, friends and investors.
We dance to enable diverse audiences to evolve into vibrant communities.
MISSION
With a bold, unrelenting curiosity, a fierce commitment to excellence and an entrepreneurial spirit of collaboration FORM Dance will bring dynamic, challenging and aspirational dance-making to audiences in Western Sydney and around the world by:
VALUES
CONTEMPORARY – We are of the now and we speak to the now
RELEVANCE – We reflect the world, its people and its stories
ASPIRATION – We have an ear to the ground and a keen eye to the top
COLLABORATION – We are ethical, connected, co-creative and kind
DIVERSITY- We foreground inclusion and diversity across our people, place and productivity
SUSTAINABILTY – We ensure for better tomorrow with everything we offer